An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
BETTE DAVISAn affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
BETTE DAVISGood actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
BETTE DAVISI am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
BETTE DAVISI wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
BETTE DAVISPeople often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVISEvil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
BETTE DAVISI think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
BETTE DAVISAmong the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
BETTE DAVISWithout wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
BETTE DAVISYou should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
BETTE DAVISIf you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
BETTE DAVISI work to stay alive.
BETTE DAVISThere may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
BETTE DAVISI’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.
BETTE DAVISStrong women only marry weak men.
BETTE DAVISMother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
BETTE DAVIS